The Northampton native and former TV 2 Sports reporter and member of the IronPigs TV Network broadcast team, accepted a posittion today at ESPN 1050 AM radio as a beat reporter for the New York Yankees. Marakovits served as a co-host of the IronPigs pregame show and as a sideline reporter for the Lehigh Valley franchise's games.

Service Electric Cable TV Sports Scene anchor/reporter Doug Heater will take Marakovits' place on the IronPigs telecast.

"I'm very grateful to SECTV for giving me the opportunity to grow as a sports reporter," Marakovits said. "I thoroughly enjoyed covering our local Pennsylvania teams making it a difficult decision to leave. Ultimately, a chance to cover arguably the most passionately followed sports franchise in the world in the country's largest media market seemed too good an opportunity to pass up."

Marakovits, who starred in volleyball at Central Catholic High School and La Salle University, is also leaving her position with Sports Radio 950 AM in Philadelphia.

"We will miss Meredith and all the hard work she put into our broadcasts," Service Electric Cable TV general manager Andy Himmelwright said. "But we feel very proud to have helped her launch her towards what should be a tremendous step in her career."